You can now lock it in stone that whichever team wins the first CIF North Coast Section Open Division title will be the NorCal team in the Open Division state final. The other major development on this week’s NorCal board is the possibility that a play-in game will be set up in a different division...
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NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
Redwood Empire showdown turns into personal showcase for Cardinal Newman QB Jordon Brookshire, who is now named one of our honorees for Northern California. In the south, emerging junior QB Warren Bryan of La Verne Damien gets nod with 440 yards passing.
Preseason All-NCS Football Team
There’s only one from De La Salle on first team and the talent in the section is among its best ever, including the top-ranked running back in the U.S. No one doubts the Spartans, though, are still favored in the first Open Division section playoff. Still, the elite players on some of the other teams […]
NorCal CIF Girls Divisional Finals
Winners on the day at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento are St. Francis of Sacramento and Elk Grove. Winners at American Canyon High near Napa are Sacred Heart Cathedral, Cardinal Newman and Eastside College Prep of East Palo Alto. Writeups by Harold Abend & Paul Muyskens.
NEW Girls BB State Top 20
It’s a bit of a shame this year as the playoffs approach is that it’s not looking like the top two teams in the state will play in the CIF Open Division title game. Usually this is because the top two are in the south, but this year the top three girls teams are in...
S.F. Bay Area FB Rankings (Week 14)
Two more teams find out why it’s a game of inches, but it’s also a game of ouches and the team putting the biggest ouch on a ranked team last week was Oak Grove of San Jose. Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa also moves up several positions this week heading into its CIF North Coast […]
NEW State FB Rankings (Divisions)
There probably was a lot of sweat involved for John Swett of Crockett to beat Richmond Salesian last week and win its way into this week’s Division V state rankings. Other newcomers include Cajon of San Bernardino (D2) and Capital Christian of Sacramento (D4). Still No. 1 are De La Salle of Concord (D1), Clayton...
Preseason All-Section, All-Area (Part 4)
We’re continuing to take a closer look at top players to watch from each of the state’s CIF sections plus well-known regions inside the CIF Southern Section and CIF North Coast Section. For this fourth part, thanks to longtime Bay Area analyst Harold Abend, we choose the best from the East Bay and Redwood Empire...
